The Sculptor of Shadows and Antiquity In the vibrant, sun-drenched landscape of eighteenth-century Rome, where the echoes of fallen empires still resonated through every marble fragment, Bartolomeo Cavaceppi emerged as a master of both preservation and creation. Born around 1716, Cavaceppi did not merely observe the classical past; he breathed life back into it. His journey began in the prestigious studios of his era, first under the tutelage of the French sculptor Pierre-Étienne Monnot and later within the collaborative workshop of Carlo Antonio Napolioni. It was here, amidst the dust of ma…